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FORCE
1. A constant regarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20 kg, moving with a speed of 15
m/s. How long does the body take to stop?
(A) 5 s (B) 6 s (C) 8 s (D) 10 s
2. A cricket ball of mass 0.2 kg moving with a velocity of 20 m/s is brought to rest in 0.4 s. The
average force
(A) 20 N (B) 30 N (C) 40 N (D) 10 N
3. A body of mass 5 kg is acted upon by two perpendicular forces 8 N and 6 N. The magnitude of
the acceleration of the body is
(A) 4 m/s2 (B) 2 m/s2 (C) 6 m/s2 (D) 3 m/s2
4. A cricket ball of mass 0.2 kg moving with a velocity of 20 m/s is brought to rest by a player in
0.1 s. The impulse of the force acting on the ball is
(A) 3 Ns (B) 4 Ns (C) 5 Ns (D) 6 Ns
5. A car of mass 1000 kg is moving uniformly at 10 m/s. If the engine of the car develops an extra
linear momentum of 1000 kg m/s. Calculate the new velocity with which the car runs
(A) 9 m/s (B) 15 m/s (C) 13 m/s (D) 11 m/s
6. Three blocks of mass 4 kg, 8 kg and 24 kg are connected to each other with light string and placed
on a smooth horizontal floor as shown in figure. If the acceleration of the system is 2 m/s 2. Then
the applied force F is
24 kg 8 kg 4 kg F

(A) 72 N (B) 18 N (C) 108 N (D) 36 N

7. Which of the following relations associated with Newton’s second law remains valid for all
velocities
dv d  mv 
(A) F  ma (B) F  m (C) F  (D) All the above
dt dt
8. Two bodies of masses 6 kg and 4 kg are tied T
to a string as shown in the figure. If the 4 kg
table is smooth and pulley is frictionless, T
then the acceleration of mass 6 kg will be 6 kg
(take g = 10 m/s)
(A) 60 m/s2 (B) 40 m/s2
2
(C) 6 m/s (D) 4 m/s2
9. A packet of weight W is dropped with the help of a parachute and on striking the ground comes to
rest with a retardation equal to twice the acceleration due to gravity. What is the force exerted on
the ground?
(A) W (B) 2W (C) 3W (D) 4 W

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10. A body of mass 8 kg is hanging from another body of mass 12 T1

kg. The combination is being pulled by a string with an
12 kg a
acceleration of 2.2 m/s2. The tension T1 will be
T2
(A) 200 N (B) 220 N
(C) 240 N (D) 260 N 8 kg
11. When a body is stationary, then
(A) There is no force acting on it (B) The force acting on it are not equal
(C) The combination of forces acting on it balances each other
(D) The body is in vacuum
12. Passengers standing in a bus are thrown outwards. When the bus takes a sudden turn. This happen
because of
(A) outward pull on them (B) Inertia
(C) Change in momentum (D) Change in acceleration
13. In the system shown in figure, tension T2 is T3
(A) g 1 kg
(B) 2g T2
(C) 3g 2 kg
T1
(D) 5g
3 kg
14. A body of mass 16 kg accelerates vertically down with a force of 8 N. What is minimum force
required to make it move upward with the same acceleration [Take g = 10 m/s2]
(A) 4 N (B) 8 N (C) 12 N (D) 16 N
15. While launching a rocket of mass 2  104 kg, a force of 5  105 N is applied for20 s. What is the
velocity attained by the rocket at the end of 20 s?
(A) 500 m/s (B) 250 m/s (C) 100 m/s (D) 750 m/s
16. A body of mass 2 kg travels according to the law, x(t) = pt + qt + rt3, where p = 3 m/s, q = 4 m/s2
2

and r = 5 m/s2. The force acting on the body at t = 2s is

(A) 136 N (B) 158 N (C) 134 N (D) 68 N
17. Conservation of momentum in a collision between particles can be understood from
(A) conservation of energy (B) Newton’s Ist law only
(C) Newton’s IInd law only (D) Both Newton’s second and third law
18. A bullet of mass 0.4 kg moving with a speed of 90 m/s enters a heavy wooden block and is
stopped after a distance of 60 cm, what is the average resistive force exerted by the block on the
bullet?
(A) 250 N (B) 260 N (C) 270 N (D) 220 N
19. A 40 kg shell is flying at a speed of 72 km/hr. It explodes into two pieces. One of the piece mass
15 kg is stopped. The speed of the other part is
(A) 24 m/s (B)32 m/s (C) 41m/s (D) 50 m/s
20. A constant force acts for 3 s on a mass 16 kg and then ceases to act. During the next 3 s, the body
covers 81 m. Find the magnitude of the force
(A) 169 N (B) 177 N (C) 155 N (D) 144 N
21. A body of mass 4 kg weighs 4.8 kg when suspended in a moving lift. The acceleration of the lift is
(a) 9.80 ms 2 downwards (b)9.80 ms 2 upwards (c) 1.96 ms 2 downwards (d) 1.96 ms 2 upwards
22. An elevator weighing 6000 kg is pulled upward by a cable with an acceleration of 5 ms 2 . Taking g
to be 10 ms 2 , then the tension in the cable is
(a) 6000 N (b) 9000 N (c) 60000 N (d) 90000 N

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23. A ball of mass 0.2 kg moves with a velocity of 20 m/sec and it stops in 0.1 sec; then the force on the
ball is
(a) 40 N (b) 20 N (c) 4N (d) 2N
24. A vehicle of 100 kg is moving with a velocity of 5 m/sec. To stop it in 1 sec , the required force in
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opposite direction is
(a) 5000 N (b) 500 N (c) 50 N (d) 1000 N
25. A boy having a mass equal to 40 kilograms is standing in an elevator. The force felt by the feet of
the boy will be greatest when the elevator
(g  9.8 metres / sec 2 )

(a) Stands still

(b) Moves downward at a constant velocity of 4 metres/sec
(c) Accelerates downward with an acceleration equal to 4 metres / sec 2
(d) Accelerates upward with an acceleration equal to 4 metres / sec 2
26. A rocket has an initial mass of 20  10 3 kg . If it is to blast off with an initial acceleration of 4 ms 2 , the
initial thrust needed is (g ~ 10 ms 2 )
(a) 6  10 4 N (b) 28  10 4 N (c) 20  10 4 N (d) 12  10 4 N

27. The ratio of the weight of a man in a stationary lift and when it is moving downward with uniform
acceleration ‘a’ is 3 : 2. The value of ‘a’ is (g-Acceleration due to gravity of the earth)
3 g 2
(a) g (b) (c) g (d) g
2 3 3
28. The mass of a lift is 500 kg. When it ascends with an acceleration of 2 m / s2 , the tension in the cable
will be [g  10 m / s 2 ]
(a) 6000 N (b) 5000 N (c) 4000 N (d) 50 N
29. If force on a rocket having exhaust velocity of 300 m/sec is 210 N, then rate of combustion of the
fuel is
[NTSE]
(a) 0.7 kg/s (b) 1.4 kg/s (c) 0.07 kg/s (d) 10.7 kg/s
30. In an elevator moving vertically up with an acceleration g, the force exerted on the floor by a
passenger of mass M is
1
(a) Mg (b) Mg (c) Zero (d) 2 Mg
2
31. A 30 gm bullet initially travelling at 120 m/s penetrates 12 cm into a wooden block. The average
resistance exerted by the wooden block is [NTSE]
(a) 2850N (b) 2200 N (c) 2000N (d) 1800 N
32. A force of 10 Newton acts on a body of mass 20kg for 10 seconds. Change in its momentum is
(a) 5 kg m / s (b) 100kg m / s (c) 200 kg m / s (d) 1000 kg m / s
33. A body of mass 1.0kg is falling with an acceleration of 10 m / sec 2 . Its apparent weight will be
(g  10m / sec ) 2

(a) 1.0 kg wt (b) 2.0 kg wt (c) 0.5 kg wt (d) Zero

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34. A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 gm moving at the rate of 20 m/sec. if the catching process
be completed in 0.1 sec the force of the blow exerted by the ball on the hands of player is
(a) 0.3 N (b) 30 N (c) 300 N (d) 3000 N
35. If rope of lift breaks suddenly, the tension exerted by the surface of lift
(a = acceleration of lift)
(a) mg (b) m (g  a) (c) m(g  a) (d) 0
36. A boy whose mass is 50kg stands on a spring balance inside a lift. The lift starts to ascent with an
acceleration of 2ms 2 . The reading of the machine or balance (g  10 ms 2 ) is
(a) 50 kg (b) Zero (c) 49 kg (d) 60 kg

37. A rocket is ejecting 50g of gases per sec at a speed of 500 m / s. The accelerating force on the rocket
will be
(a) 125 N (b) 25 N (c) 5N (d) Zero
38. A block of mass 5 kg is moving horizontally at a speed of 1.5 m/s. A perpendicular force of 5N acts
on it for 4 sec. What will be the distance of the block from the point where the force started acting

(a) 10 m (b) 8 m (c) 6m (d) 2m

39. A lift of mass 1000 kg is moving with an acceleration of 1 m / s 2 in upward direction. Tension
developed in the string, which is connected to the lift, is
(a) 9,800 N (b) 10,000 N (c) 10,800 N (d) 11,000 N
40. A lift accelerated downward with acceleration 'a'. A man in the lift throws a ball upward with
acceleration a0 (a0  a). Then acceleration of ball observed by observer, which is on earth, is

(a) (a  a0 ) upward (b) (a  a0 ) upward (c) (a  a0 ) downward (d) (a  a0 ) downward

41. A lift is moving down with acceleration a. A man in the lift drops a ball inside the lift. The
acceleration of the ball as observed by the man in the lift and a man standing stationary on the
ground are respectively
(a) g, g (b) g  a, g  a (c) g  a, g (d) a, g

42. A man weighs 80kg. He stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform
acceleration of 5m / s 2 . What would be the reading on the scale. (g  10m / s 2 )
(a) 400 N (b) 800 N (c) 1200 N (d) Zero
43. A monkey of mass 20kg is holding a vertical rope. The rope will not break when a mass of 25 kg is
suspended from it but will break if the mass exceeds 25 kg. What is the maximum acceleration with
which the monkey can climb up along the rope (g  10m / s 2 )
(a) 10 m / s 2 (b) 25 m / s 2 (c) 2.5m / s 2 (d) 5m / s 2

44. The time in which a force of 2 N produces a change of momentum of 0.4 kg  ms 1 in the body is
(a) 0.2 s (b) 0.02 s (c) 0.5 s (d) 0.05 s
45. A gun of mass 10kg fires 4 bullets per second. The mass of each bullet is 20 g and the velocity of the
bullet when it leaves the gun is 300 ms 1 . The force required to hold the gun while firing is
(a) 6 N (b) 8 N (c) 24 N (d) 240 N

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